A deep dive into a new whole-body, whole-brain preservation protocol that aims to lock in synapses and biomolecules for centuries. The talk contrasts this method with traditional cryonics and explains timing, molecular crosslinking, and practical funeral compatibility. It also covers scheduling, legal-death procedures, and a vision for making long-term preservation a mainstream, information-preserving medical option.
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Nanoscale Whole-Body Preservation Claims
Nectum's protocol preserves whole bodies at nanoscale so current neuroscience believes long-term memories are retained.
It combines fixative crosslinks, cryoprotectants, and cold storage to hold neurons, synapses, and most biomolecules in place for centuries.
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Solving Quality And Timing Problems In Cryonics
Nectum addresses two cryonics shortcomings: quality (connectomic traceability) and emergency timing damage from traditional cryonics.
They introduced aldehyde stabilization (crosslinks) plus practical field protocols to replicate lab results in real-world cases.
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Preservation Must Start Within Twelve Minutes
Timing is the critical biological constraint: high-fidelity preservation needs procedure start within about 12 minutes post-mortem after a quick respiratory death.
This requirement motivated Nectum to design scheduled preservations tied to medical aid in dying rather than emergency response.
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Come with me if you want to live. – The Terminator
'Close enough' only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. – Traditional
After 10 years of research my company, Nectome, has created a new method for whole-body, whole-brain, human end-of-life preservation for the purpose of future revival. Our protocol is capable of preserving every synapse and every cell in the body with enough detail that current neuroscience says long-term memories are preserved. It's compatible with traditional funerals at room temperature and stable for hundreds of years at cold temperatures.
The short version
We're making a non-Pascal's wager version of cryonics.
Our method is an end-of-life procedure for whole-body, whole-brain human preservation with the goal of eventual future revival.
Preservation occurs after legal death.
Even without the near-term possibility of revival we can be confident that preservation actually works.
We preserve the whole body, including the brain, at nanoscale, subsynaptic detail. We are capable of preserving every neuron and every synapse in the brain, and almost every protein, lipid, and nucleic acid within each cell and throughout the entire body is held in place by molecular crosslinks.
It works by using fixative to bind together the proteins [...]
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Outline:
(00:47) The short version
(03:03) Maybe isnt good enough for me
(05:41) A preservation protocol thats worthy of us
(08:28) What does preservation look like for you?
(10:43) Conclusion
(12:03) I want you to live
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